Over 300 politicians, stakeholders and rail managers participated in the 8th Derby and Derbyshire rail forum dinner and conference on Thursday & Friday. The keynote address was delivered by the Secretary of State for Transport, the Right Honourable Patrick McLoughlin MP. Other speakers at the event were:

Martin Elwood, Director of NDS, Network Rail

Maggie Simpson, Executive Director of the Rail Freight Group.

Richard Brown, Chief Executive of Eurostar and the Brown review of Franchising.